Liquid crystal module

Abstract

A liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal display panel including a TFT substrate having a main surface including a display region and a non-display region located around the display region, a control device including a rigid substrate and a timing controller mounted on the rigid substrate, and a flexible circuit substrate having one end coupled to a mounting region in the non-display region and the other end coupled to the rigid substrate. The flexible circuit substrate is bent, and the rigid substrate is supported on the TFT substrate in the mounting region.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A liquid crystal module comprising:
 a liquid crystal display panel that includes:
 a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate having a main surface including a display region and a non-display region located around the display region and including a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally in the display region, 
 a counter substrate disposed to face the main surface of the TFT substrate, and 
 a liquid crystal layer disposed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate; 
 
 a control device that includes a rigid substrate having a first side and a second side facing each other and having no flexibility and includes a timing controller mounted on the rigid substrate; and 
 a flexible circuit substrate that has a first end and a second end, has flexibility, and protrudes outside the rigid substrate, the first end being coupled to a vicinity of the first side of the rigid substrate, wherein 
 the TFT substrate has a third side and a mounting region that is adjacent to the third side in the non-display region and that is not covered with the counter substrate, 
 the second end of the flexible circuit substrate is coupled to a vicinity of the third side in the mounting region of the TFT substrate, 
 the flexible circuit substrate is bent between the first end and the second end, 
 a vicinity of the second side of the rigid substrate is supported by the mounting region, and 
 the rigid substrate is coupled to the TFT substrate, through a coupling member, at a position farther from the third side than a position at which the second end of the flexible circuit substrate is coupled. 
 
     
     
       2. The liquid crystal module according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the first end of the flexible circuit substrate is coupled to a surface of the rigid substrate facing the TFT substrate. 
 
     
     
       3. The liquid crystal module according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the first end of the flexible circuit substrate is coupled to a surface of the rigid substrate opposite to a surface facing the TFT substrate. 
 
     
     
       4. The liquid crystal module according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 at least one source driver supported by and electrically coupled to the flexible circuit substrate. 
 
     
     
       5. A liquid crystal module comprising:
 a liquid crystal display panel that includes:
 a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate having a main surface including a display region and a non-display region located around the display region and including a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally in the display region, 
 a counter substrate disposed to face the main surface of the TFT substrate, and 
 a liquid crystal layer disposed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate; 
 
 a control device that includes a rigid substrate having a first side and a second side facing each other and having no flexibility and includes a timing controller mounted on the rigid substrate; and 
 a flexible circuit substrate that has a first end and a second end, has flexibility, and protrudes outside the rigid substrate, the first end being coupled to a vicinity of the first side of the rigid substrate, wherein 
 the TFT substrate has a third side and a mounting region that is adjacent to the third side in the non-display region and that is not covered with the counter substrate, 
 the second end of the flexible circuit substrate is coupled to a vicinity of the third side in the mounting region of the TFT substrate, 
 the flexible circuit substrate is bent between the first end and the second end, 
 a vicinity of the second side of the rigid substrate is supported by the mounting region, and 
 the liquid crystal display panel further includes:
 at least one source driver mounted on the mounting region, and 
 a coupling member that is located between the TFT substrate and the rigid substrate in the mounting region and that has a height greater than a height of the at least one source driver. 
 
 
     
     
       6. A liquid crystal module comprising:
 a liquid crystal display panel that includes:
 a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate having a main surface including a display region and a non-display region located around the display region and including a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally in the display region, 
 a counter substrate disposed to face the main surface of the TFT substrate, and 
 a liquid crystal layer disposed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate; 
 
 a control device that includes a rigid substrate having a first side and a second side facing each other and having no flexibility and includes a timing controller mounted on the rigid substrate; and 
 a flexible circuit substrate that has a first end and a second end, has flexibility, and protrudes outside the rigid substrate, the first end being coupled to a vicinity of the first side of the rigid substrate, wherein 
 the TFT substrate has a third side and a mounting region that is adjacent to the third side in the non-display region and that is not covered with the counter substrate, 
 the second end of the flexible circuit substrate is coupled to a vicinity of the third side in the mounting region of the TFT substrate, 
 the flexible circuit substrate is bent between the first end and the second end, 
 a vicinity of the second side of the rigid substrate is supported by the mounting region, 
 the liquid crystal display panel further includes at least one source driver mounted on the mounting region, 
 the rigid substrate has at least one opening or at least one notch provided on the second side, and 
 a part of the at least one source driver is inserted into the at least one opening or the at least one notch.